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Human rights are defined as rights that granted to every human being because they are human.

These rights are not conditional to the actions, beliefs, and orientations of a person. If they were, then they would no longer be considered human rights. Recently Uganda has tried to pass a law that would criminalize homosexuality. Those found forcibly engaging in a homosexual act (rape, pedophilia, etc.) would be put to death while those found engaging in a homosexual act where all parties involved were consenting they would be imprisoned for life. Being homosexual, for most people who are homosexual, is not something that they chose. Rather, it is part of who they are. They are homosexual simply because they were born with an attraction to people of the same-sex. It is socially unacceptable to discriminate people based on race. When people are born they cannot chose their skin color (although through technology people can alter their skin color). I was born female I had no choice in my sex at birth and the only way I can change my sex is through surgery. There are certain things we can change on the outside but that are still a part of us such as our orientation, skin color, and sex. Race and sex are protected, why isnt sexual orientation? Those who are lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, or queer are not trying to get any special rights or get more rights than everyone else. They are simply trying to have equal rights to such things as life, freedom of movement, to work, and not to be tortured. According to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association, homosexual acts are illegal in 78 countries. In five countries as well as parts of Nigeria and Somalia, people caught in homosexual acts can be killed. In the 113 countries that either allow or have no laws outlawing homosexual acts, 15 countries have un-equal ages of consent for those who are homosexual and those who are heterosexual. While some countries and regions, such as Europe, have become much more open to the LGBTQ community, the LGBTQ are still not full and equal members of society. Why is this? It is not as if the normal citizen who fits into LGBTQ is a pedophile, rapist, or serial killer. Rather they are the average, law-abiding citizen who is not given full and equal rights because of who they chose to love. The religious right has played a considerable role in the lack of rights given to those belonging to sexual minorities. It is difficult to know just how many people are directly affected and discriminated against by the laws that do not allow sexual minorities full and equal rights. Many people are scared to admit that their sexual orientation is anything other than the heterosexual norm (which is between one man and one woman). Sexual minorities face the threat of persecution, imprisonment, and death so any statistics that we have, have the chance of being widely off. There is also the fact that many religious groups preach harshly against homosexuality. As a result, there are many who are afraid of even thinking about identifying themselves as homosexual.

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